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Ujiji is a historic town located in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania.
Kigoma Region is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the city of Kigoma. Kigoma Region borders Kagera Region, Geita Region, Katavi Region, Tabora Region, DRC and Burundi According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 2,127,930, which was higher than the pre-census projection of 1,971,332. For 2002-2012, the region's 2.4 percent average annual population growth rate was tied for the fourteenth highest in the country. It was also the sixteenth most densely populated region with 57 people per square kilometer. With a size of 45,066 square kilometres (17,400 sq mi), the region is slightly smaller than Estonia.
Manyema (WaManyema) (Una-Ma-Nyema, eaters of flesh) are a powerful Bantu ethnic groupgroups, described in the past as warlike, in the African Great Lakes region in Eastern Africa, in the southeast of the Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Kigoma Urban District, in Kigoma region of Western Tanzania near the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
The Ha, also called Abaha, are a Bantu ethnic group found in Kigoma Region in northwestern Tanzania bordering Lake Tanganyika. In 2001, the Ha population was estimated to number between 1 and 1.5 million, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in ethnically diverse Tanzania.
Uvinza is one of the eight administrative districts of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. Uvinza is bordered to the northwest by Kigoma District and Kigoma-Ujiji District. North of the district is bordered by Kasulu District. Lake Tanganyika borders the district on the west. Mpanda District in Katavi Region boders the district to the south and Kaliua District in Tabora Region borders the district to the east. The district is named in honor of the Vinza people whom the western part of district was their historic kingdom. Southern Uvinza District is home to the Mahale Mountains National Park. A unique park that is home to both Chimpanzees and lions in the same habitat.
The Goma, who also refer to themselves as Al ghamawiyyun in Arabic, are a tribe in the Kigoma Region in western Tanzania. They are a contingent of the Bantu tribe who are more commonly found in Tanzania and present-day Democratic Republic of Congo who migrated from the western shore of the Lake Tanganyika in Democratic Republic of Congo with origins from Sudan. They are the first group of the Bantu tribe to ever cross the Lake Tanganyika and also the first group to reside in the Urban District of Kigoma as its inhabitants. Following the Wagoma were Niakaramba (Kwalumona) from Cape Karamba and then Wabwari from Ubwari peninsula. The Kwalumona merged within Wabwari, identified themselves as Bwaris and settled north of Wagoma in Kigoma before resettling in Ujiji and its environs, where they formed a tribal Confederacy in Ujiji known as Wamanyema. The Wagoma crossed the lake early due to their invention of dug-out canoes mitumbwi ya mti mmoja curved from Mivule trees of Ugoma mountains from western shore of the Lake.
Kigoma District is one of the eight administrative districts of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The district lies north of the city of Kigoma-Ujiji. Uvinza District, to the west and south of Ujiji, was split off from the Kigoma District in 1 July, 2013.
Mwene Mbonwean Sultanate of Ujiji is a subnational Monarchy in Ujiji town, Kigoma Region, western Tanzania. The seat of the local Sultanate is Busaid which was called so from the name of the dynasty of both the Zanzibar Sultanate and Oman which once ruled Ujiji under Arab-Swahili Liwalis, the post Arab name of Busaid for Ujiji proper is still used by the locals as "Busaidi".
Bangwe is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 770 m (2,530 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 17,009 people in the ward, from 15,453 in 2012.
Kagera is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 24.3 km2 (9.4 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 786 m (2,579 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 9,950 people in the ward, from 9,040 in 2012.
Kigoma is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 789 m (2,589 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 7,604 people in the ward, from 6,908 in 2012.
Kitongoni is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 773 m (2,536 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 7,675 people in the ward, from 6,973 in 2012.
Mwanga Kaskazini is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 803 m (2,635 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 26,620 people in the ward, from 24,184 in 2012.
Buzebazeba is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 792 m (2,598 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 20,304 people in the ward, from 18,446 in 2012.
Kasimbu is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 1.9 km2 (0.73 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 783 m (2,569 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 5,405 people in the ward, from 4,910 in 2012.
Katubuka is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 814 m (2,671 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 27,287 people in the ward, from 24,790 in 2012.
Kipampa is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 777 m (2,549 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 8,714 people in the ward, from 7,917 in 2012.
Majengo is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 1.1 km2 (0.42 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 784 m (2,572 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 4,765 people in the ward, from 4,329 in 2012.
Mwanga Kusini is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 787 m (2,582 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 17,976 people in the ward, from 16,331 in 2012.
Rubuga is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 784 m (2,572 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 2,899 people in the ward, from 2,634 in 2012.
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